Improvement in buttons



UNITED. STATES GEORGE W. PHILLIPS, OFVFREYSH POND, NEW YORK.

.IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTONS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 117,564, dated August 1, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. PHILLIPS, of Fresh Pond, in the county of Suffolk and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buttons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description thereof, Which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this speciiicatiom This invention relates to improvements in the construction of buttons for sleeves, bosoms, or other articles of wearing apparel; and it consists in a front piece, of porcelain, metal, or other substance, with a shank h avin g one end screw-threaded and the other split for attaching to the said front piece of porcelain or other substance by driving into a hole having two opposite sides und er cut for spreading and clinchin g the split shank the screw-threaded end of which is for attaching the disk for the back part of the completed button to it, said disk having a screw-threaded sock` eted shank for screwing onto it, all as hereinafter more fully described.

Figure lis a sectional elevation of my improved buttons, and Fig. 2 is a front view of a shirt-front buttoned together with my improved buttons.

A is the front piece, which may be of any approved substance. It has a hole, B, in the rear side which is under cut on two opposite sides, as shown, for securing the split end C of the screw-` threaded shank D by driving it in so as to spread the two parts, as shown in Fig. l. E is the disk for the back part ofthe button. It has a socketed and internally-screwed threaded shank, F, which screws on the shank D after it has been passed through the button-hole ofthe cloth.

Having thus described my'invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The front piece A having a recess, B, gradually enlarged toward the bottom, the shank D having divergin g prongs upon its head, and the iianged nut E, all combined, constructed, and arranged, as described, to form an improved detachable button.

The above speciiication of my invention signed by me this 18th day of February, 1871.

GEORGE W. PHILLIPS.

'Witnesses GEO. W. MABEE, T. B. MosHER. 

